problem after head gasket replacement
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Year: 1996
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problem after head gasket replacement
Vary bad tapping sound along with smoke from bay, gasket? Smells like it,
Also back fireing as well. Fun times, any help would be welcomed.
Also back fireing as well. Fun times, any help would be welcomed.
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Year: 1990
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Originally Posted by Radi
What led up to the head gasket replacement?
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Sometimes some smoke might be normal. Working on it some things might have gotten smeared or dripped somewhere where it will burn off after a bit.
As far as the running, you get everything back right? Take a good look at the vacuum lines and wiring. There is plenty that might have ended up different after changing a head gasket. Double check the firing order. 153624, with #1 @ 5:00 viewed from the side. I think 96 still has the MAP sensor up on the firewall. The little tube from there to the inside of the TB is important.
Hopefully the noise it just a lifter that will pump up.
As far as the running, you get everything back right? Take a good look at the vacuum lines and wiring. There is plenty that might have ended up different after changing a head gasket. Double check the firing order. 153624, with #1 @ 5:00 viewed from the side. I think 96 still has the MAP sensor up on the firewall. The little tube from there to the inside of the TB is important.
Hopefully the noise it just a lifter that will pump up.
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I had a lot of smoke after I replaced the head on my '00 XJ but it was from burning of all the BP Blaster I used to loosen up the nuts and bolts. You also need to make sure you put the rocker arms and the push rods back in the same exact order they were removed.
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Doing the head swap you've effectively cleaned all the oil off the lifters. Its gonna make noise until it gets lubed...
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Year: 1990
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Originally Posted by Kalali
I had a lot of smoke after I replaced the head on my '00 XJ but it was from burning of all the BP Blaster I used to loosen up the nuts and bolts. You also need to make sure you put the rocker arms and the push rods back in the same exact order they were removed.
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Originally Posted by Parsnip
We made sure of that, put the arms and rods in a box, rods pusged through the top and arms labeled, but tbh it soumd like mayne the arms just aremt getting any lube?
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pull the dist and take a long shaft with a screw driver end ( I made one from some 1/4" pencil steel) and chuck it up in a drill and spin that oil pump. Pull your valve cover and see if you are flowing oil
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Originally Posted by jeepguy702
pull the dist and take a long shaft with a screw driver end ( I made one from some 1/4" pencil steel) and chuck it up in a drill and spin that oil pump. Pull your valve cover and see if you are flowing oil
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When I changed my head gasket I had a problem right afterwards but the problem came from the gasket behind the intake/exhaust manifold as I didn't pay as close attention to that as I should have and ended up with a vacuum leak from not tightening the bolts in the correct order and to the correct torq
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Originally Posted by Programbo
When I changed my head gasket I had a problem right afterwards but the problem came from the gasket behind the intake/exhaust manifold as I didn't pay as close attention to that as I should have and ended up with a vacuum leak from not tightening the bolts in the correct order and to the correct torq
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When I changed my head gasket I had a problem right afterwards but the problem came from the gasket behind the intake/exhaust manifold as I didn't pay as close attention to that as I should have and ended up with a vacuum leak from not tightening the bolts in the correct order and to the correct torq
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